Peatland Restoration Standard and Technical Guidelines

For England and Wales

Get involved with this project

Peatland Standard for England & Wales - Introductory webinar

Introducing the background and objectives for the development of a peatland restoration standard. The project team will also discuss how you can get involved, with a short Q&A at the end.

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Peatland Standard & Technical Guidelines for England and Wales

The project aims to research and develop a peatland restoration standard, and technical guidance, for peatland restoration across England and Wales. The work will be broken down into three phases:

Evidence Review

The evidence review will seek to answer the following questions:

What constitutes success in a peatland restoration project?
Is it possible to define metrics that characterise restoration success across key outcome types?
Can success be quantified as key stages along a recovery trajectory?

Development of technical guidance

This will assess what tools and techniques deliver efficient, effective and durable peatland restoration outcomes.
The aim is to create an accessible ‘one stop shop’ for practitioners, including detail on different restoration techniques.

Development of peatland restoration standard

Based on the findings of the evidence review, this will develop a set of principles that restoration projects should adhere to, to maximise benefits.

Project Timeline (2025–2027)

Peatland Project Timeline (Bidwells colours/fonts)

2025

Start of September 25

Project start

End of September 25

Literature review start

Start of October 25

Webinar and engagement request

End of October 25

Formation of an early advisory group

Start of November 25

Technical Guidelines review start

2026

May 26

Draft of Peatland Standard start

June 26

Sector Webinar

July 26

Draft Peatland Standard ready for wider consultation

2027

April 27

Project completion

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Get involved in shaping the Peatland Standard

The peatland restoration sector is huge, innovative, multidisciplinary and nuanced. As such, we would like to hear from any person involved in any capacity relating to all types of peatland and its potential restoration. The more engagement during this project, the better the end result for all of us. So, are you interested in the development of a Peatland Restoration Standard for England and Wales? Please register your details on the link above, and we’ll reach out through the project to incorporate as many views as possible.

Please register your interest above, otherwise for all other queries, please email peatland.standard@bidwells.co.uk

Project Team

Stuart Burbidge

Partner, Natural Capital & Sustainable Investment

With international experience delivering bespoke and landscape-scale biodiversity projects, Stuart has dedicated more than a decade to natural land management and research.